Published: 22:46 pm,Thursday 24 April 2025
Universities of applied sciences see more students in 2024
The number of students in university of applied sciences ( polytechnic institutes) education continued to grow in 2024, according to Statistics Finland. The number of students attending university of applied sciences education leading to a degree was 176,700, of whom 54,500 were new students. There were 5,900 more students
Published: 01:31 am,Wednesday 23 April 2025
Parliamentary body for banning mobile phone use in schools
The parliamentary committee on Education and Culture on Tuesday supported the government proposal to restrict the use of mobile phone by students in schools, said the parliament in a press release. The government proposed to enact a law with the provision for prohibiting mobile phone use in school, excepting
Published: 21:39 pm,Thursday 3 April 2025
Kela asks 35,000 students to repay overpaid benefit
The national social insurance institution-Kela asked 35,000 students to repay the overpaid student financial aid for 2024 by April 30 this year, said Kela in a press release on Thursday. The students exceeded their income limit for student financial aid and now they need to pay back, if they
Published: 04:04 am,Thursday 13 March 2025
6% students discontinue study in 2022-2023 session
About six per cent of students attending education leading to a qualification or degree discontinued their studies and did not resume education leading to a qualification or degree in the academic year 2022/2023, according to Statistics Finland. In general upper secondary education aimed at young people the discontinuation percentage
Published: 02:12 am,Sunday 16 February 2025
Comprehensive schools' number on wane in Finland
A total of 78 comprehensive schools were closed down or merged with another educational institution in Finland in 2024, according to Statistics Finland. There were 844 active providers of education and 3,103 educational institutions at the end of 2024. There were 1,974 active comprehensive schools. The highest number of comprehensive
Published: 20:46 pm,Monday 10 February 2025
Rising interest, debt loads force more students to take loan payment support
More people with student loan debt received assistance with their student loan interest payments in 2024 than in previous years, said the national social insurance institution-Kela in a press release on Monday. The number of recipients of assistance began to increase substantially in 2023 as a result of rising
Published: 20:28 pm,Tuesday 4 February 2025
Kela asks 25700 students to repay overpaid benefit
The national social insurance institution-Kela asked 25,700 students to repay the overpaid student financial aid for 2023 by April 15 this year, said Kela in a press release on Tuesday. The students have already received a preliminary decision in this regard. The annual income limits for student financial aid have
Published: 02:00 am,Friday 31 January 2025
WG for abolishing student loan scheme, rising grants
A ministerial working group in its report proposed to revise or abolish the student loan compensation scheme and increase the size of study grants. The working group, which was formed to assess the current situation in student financial aid and key development needs in this regard on Thursday submitted
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